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The turn of the screw

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Contexts includes twenty-six selections, from James's letters, notebooks, and other writings during the period 1863-1908, centering on the ghost story, the supernatural and, in particular, "my little book," The Turn of the Screw.

Also reproduced are four paintings by Charles Demuth.

The essays in Criticism span one hundred years, providing a rich array of perspectives on James and his story.

Representing contemporary reactions are pieces by Henry Harland, John D.

Barry, Oliver Elton, William Lyon Phelps, and Virginia Woolf.

The section also includes landmark criticism by Harold Goddard, Edna Kenton, Edmund Wilson, Katherine Anne Porter, Robert B.

Heilman, R. P. Blackmur, Maurice Blanchot, and Leon Edel. Recent, fresh approaches to James's work are presented by Tzvetan Todorov, Shoshana Felman, Henry Sussman, Bruce Robbins, Ned Lukacher, Paul B.

Armstrong, and T. J. Lustig. A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are included.

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WW Norton & Co
039395904X / 9780393959048
Paperback / softback
813.4
02/09/1999
United States
English
Classics
288 pages.
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